[cisco-voip] Adding a Sub server in the existing CUCM 8.5 Cluster

[Matthew Loraditch]

I don’t recommend MCS. MCS will be EOS later this year and 10.0+ will be VMWare only.
If you are willing to do Specs Based that is probably going to serve you best given your needed capacity. If you want to stick with a TRC the TRC #2 of the C220 M3S is the smallest available.
Your VMWare licensing is going to depend on your needs.  Look here: http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements#Introduction:_Mandatory_VMware_Products_and_Services
VMware foundation might work if you are using UCS servers.



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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of GR
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 4:03 AM
To: Abdul Salam .
Cc: cisco-voip (cisco-voip at puck.nether.net)
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Adding a Sub server in the existing CUCM 8.5 Cluster

Thanks Abdul. The cluster is made up of UCS C210. But I want to add new server with a capacity for maximum of 200 users. Which Specific UCS model would fit in? Which model is basic? I guess do I buy the server with resources run two VMs at the most.

Or would it be cost effective to use MCS in this case (which I want to avoid)?

Can anyone guide on the server size and which server would be most cost effective? Also if someone can guide on the VMware licenses?

Thanks

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On 08/04/2013, at 5:05 PM, "Abdul Salam ." <salamka at gmail.com<mailto:salamka at gmail.com>> wrote:
While Cisco recommends using the same server model for all servers in a cluster, mixing server models within a cluster is supported provided that all of the individual hardware versions are supported and that all servers are running the same version of Unified CM. However, differences in capacity between various server models within a cluster must be considered because the overall cluster capacity might ultimately be dictated by the capacity of the smallest server within the cluster. Mixing servers from different vendors within a cluster is also supported and does not have any adverse capacity implications, provided that all servers in the cluster are the same model type
ccm service will consume another node license.
vmware also need license.


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/srnd/8x/callpros.html#wp1148520



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On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:16 AM, gr11 <grccie at gmail.com<mailto:grccie at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi List,

We have a cucm 8.5 cluster of 7 servers in New zealand. I have been asked to add another sub server to the existing cluster in another country (Phillipines). There will be close to 200 staff in this country spread out on few locations.

Apart from WAN pre-requistes for Clustering over WAN. We need to buy a new server and licenses etc. Questions:

1) What would be the best hardware for this scenarion? UCS C series or MCS? Since virtualisation is the way to go for most cases these days, which UCS model would be the best  fit for this scenario.

2) We already have spare node licences. If we go UCS then we would need VMware licenses as well??

3) Anyother gotchas or anything someone would like to add in. I beleive this should be simple addition of the server?

Thanks

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